Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(a) in using for trade a measuring instrument of an approved pattern designed for measuring a liquid, the person purports to measure anything other than a liquid to which the approved pattern relates;
(b) in using for trade a measuring instrument held in, or suspended from, the hand, the person purports to measure mass;
(c) in using for trade a measuring instrument marked for a specific use, the person does so otherwise than in accordance with the marking;
(d) in using for trade a measuring instrument marked for use with specified proportional masses, the person uses other proportional masses;
(e) except for factory use or non-retail counter use, the person uses for trade a measuring instrument with a tare bar;
(f) the person uses a measuring instrument for trade in order to determine mass greater than the mass permitted by the approved pattern for the instrument;
(g) in using a measuring instrument for trade in order to determine the mass of any goods for therapeutic use within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of the Commonwealth, or the mass of precious metals, the person uses masses other than masses marked “A” (in accordance with a certificate of approval of pattern under the National Measurement Act); or
(h) in using a measuring instrument for trade in order to determine the mass of anything other than precious stones, the person uses metric carat masses.
Penalty: $2,000.
(2) A person who, on the same premises, is in possession of more than one measuring instrument that is used for trade and is marked for use with proportional masses is guilty of an offence unless the proportional masses are readily identifiable with the measuring instrument on which they were tested.
Penalty: $2,000.
(3) A person who uses for trade a measuring instrument fitted with a load receptor is guilty of an offence if—
(a) it is one of 2 or more such measuring instruments on the premises and its load receptor is not clearly marked to identify it with the measuring instrument on which it is used;
(b) the load receptor is removable and measures incorrectly in any position on its supports;
(c) any latitude of movement of the load receptor on its supports causes it to foul any part of the measuring instrument; or
(d) the load receptor is in the form of a scoop mounted so that a purchaser cannot readily see whether there is any foreign matter in the load receptor.
Penalty: $2,000.